Definition of "Switch" :

noun: the act of changing one thing or position for another

"His switch on abortion cost him the election."

noun: a basketball maneuver; two defensive players shift assignments so that each guards the player usually guarded by the other

noun: a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

noun: control consisting of a mechanical or electrical or electronic device for making or breaking or changing the connections in a circuit

noun: railroad track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock

noun: hairpiece consisting of a tress of false hair; used by women to give shape to a coiffure

noun: an event in which one thing is substituted for another

verb: reverse (a direction, attitude, or course of action)

verb: change over, change around, as to a new order or sequence

verb: make a shift in or exchange of

"First Joe led; then we switched."

verb: lay aside, abandon, or leave for another

"Switch to a different brand of beer."

verb: flog with or as if with a flexible rod

verb: cause to go on or to be engaged or set in operation

"Switch on the light."

verb: exchange or give (something) in exchange for